Letter to Senator Hatch

Senator Hatch,

I know you have come under a lot of heat for your cloture vote over the nomination of Judge David Hamilton, but I wanted to give you the benefit of the doubt and ask you and your office what the reasons were for your decision. It appears from your website that you are, "working very hard to end this obstructionism, repair the broken judicial nomination process, and stop the current tyranny of the minority." Do you believe that we can end the unconstitutional filibustering of judges without the support of the other party?

Many people believe that the best way to end this practice is for the Republicans to use it against the nominees of the current administration. What are your thoughts on this?

You mention that, "a few partisan Senators have politicized the judicial confirmation process." But are you more concerned with the politicization of the process or the outcomes?

You say that judicial nominees should be evaluated based on their, "judicial temperament, integrity, intelligence, and experience," but when they are nominated and confirmed for purely political reasons as we can expect most of President Obama's nominees to be, what recourse do we have?

I fear that President Obama is going to follow in the footsteps of FDR and create a judiciary that will support and condone every unconstitutional law, regulation, program, or other act that he will put into place over the course of his tenure in office. If we are debating the constitutionality of different actions then why is filibustering unfit judges wrong, and allowing unfit judges to be seated right - especially when those judges will ultimately undermine the Constitution and set legal precedent by interpreting the Constitution in ways that it was never intended to be interpreted?

I thank you for your time and service to our country and for representing the state of Utah.

Sincerely,
Jeffrey S. Palmer

This is from Senator Hatch's website: HATCH EXPLAINS CLOTURE VOTE ON JUDGE DAVID HAMILTON

Who is David Hamilton? — Another Radical Judge

Roll Call said this: "The White House is quietly urging Senate Democrats to come up with a list of potential candidates for the federal bench, hoping to flood the pipeline with circuit and district court nominees and ratchet up the pressure on Republicans to confirm them." — Obama Looks to Move Judges